The Pilo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 259 people carried this name — #74,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 20% from 215 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 198 people named Pilo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Pilo.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Corsica.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
27 people named Pilo have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 39 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Pilo live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
97 people named Pilo is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Pilo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carl Gustaf Pilo 1711–1793 · painter -
Vittorio Pilo Boyl 1778–1834 · politician -
Rosolino Pilo 1820–1860 · politician -
Claës-Wilhelm Pilo 1907–1992 · businessperson -
Olof Pilo 1668–1753 · farmer
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Don Pietro Pilo Boyl, 1st Marchese di Putifigari 1719–1801
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pilo.
- Pille 606 · U.S. census
- Piller 1,248 · U.S. census
- Pillette 264 · U.S. census
- Pillion 386 · U.S. census
- Pillon 234 · U.S. census
- Pillot 366 · U.S. census
- Pilon 2,647 · U.S. census
- Pilot 1,503 · U.S. census
- Pimenta 643 · U.S. census
- Pimentel 21,579 · U.S. census
- Pin 689 · U.S. census
- Pina 25,293 · U.S. census
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